I was a skateboarder in the early 90s, and the big names I heard back then were usually Hosoi, Hawk, Cab, Gator, Gonz, Magnusson, and Vallely. Every once in awhile I'd hear mention of Hoffman and that I should check him out. I was 17, maybe 18 at the time and didn't give a **** about BMX. Long story short, Hoffman was the reason why ESPN has the big air competition that was on tonight.

If you're into the X-Games stuff, I can't recommend it enough. It even had a cameo by Evel Kneivel, who said that Hoffman was basically doing the impossible.

I was a skateboarder in the early 90s, and the big names I heard back then were usually Hosoi, Hawk, Cab, Gator, Gonz, Magnusson, and Vallely. Every once in awhile I'd hear mention of Hoffman and that I should check him out. I was 17, maybe 18 at the time and didn't give a **** about BMX. Long story short, Hoffman was the reason why ESPN has the big air competition that was on tonight.

If you're into the X-Games stuff, I can't recommend it enough. It even had a cameo by Evel Kneivel, who said that Hoffman was basically doing the impossible.

Yeah, I just watched that last night before the XGames. I'd never seen any of the 30 for 30's but I was hooked on that one. Very interesting stuff. Basically they said if it weren't for Matt Hoffman BMX wouldn't be anything near what it is today. That was some scary stiff when he crashed on that huge ramp!!!

I've seen them all I believe since I've had a season pass for the show. The Two Escobar's was the best in my opinion, though they are all great. Amazing documentary about Pablo Escobar and the drug lords of Columbia and their involvement in soccer.

Yeah, they've done a good job of taking on topics that aren't mainstream, or if they are, looking at aspects that haven't really been delved into before. I haven't watched The Birth of Big Air yet, but have it dvr'd.

knives of ice wrote:I've seen them all I believe since I've had a season pass for the show. The Two Escobar's was the best in my opinion, though they are all great. Amazing documentary about Pablo Escobar and the drug lords of Columbia and their involvement in soccer.

Yes, it was a very good edition. I haven't seen them all, but this was my favorite out of all the 30 for 30.

Man, I love these shows. I wish this was a recurring thing. I've seen about 5 or 6 of them now and they have all been done extremely well. I just finished the Once Brothers one about Divac and Petrovic that dealt with the dissolution of Yugoslavia and it was so well made and put together and Yugoslavia between 1945 and 2000 have been the main focus of my studies, so I know the situation very well and couldn't get over some of the footage and interviews.

Rylan wrote:Didn't see Mat Hoffman's. I couldn't remember if that was an outside the lines thing or not about the Canadian guy. Another one I enjoyed was the Pacers v Knicks one and I am not even a NBA fan.

Likewise. I've tried to make it a point to watch them all, even if the subject matter didn't interest me. SOmetimes that paid off - sometimes it was like pulling teeth.

MWB wrote:Finally got a chance to watch "The Two Escobars." Really fascinating. Goes through Pablo Escobar's ties to Columbian soccer and how it eventually related to Andres Escobar being killed for scoring an own goal in the World Cup.

They've been showing 30 for 30 over here all through December.

I've got loads recorded but I managed to watch "The Two Escobars" last night.

I knew the story of USA '94 and what happened afterwards to Andres, but not the whole involvement of Pablo Escobar and what happened to the team going into the game against the US.

MWB wrote:Finally got a chance to watch "The Two Escobars." Really fascinating. Goes through Pablo Escobar's ties to Columbian soccer and how it eventually related to Andres Escobar being killed for scoring an own goal in the World Cup.

They've been showing 30 for 30 over here all through December.

I've got loads recorded but I managed to watch "The Two Escobars" last night.

I knew the story of USA '94 and what happened afterwards to Andres, but not the whole involvement of Pablo Escobar and what happened to the team going into the game against the US.

Once Brothers was amazing. Definitely my favorite. I'm Croatian and I still have some distant family there and definitely knew the background, but the rest of it was just really interesting, especially the meeting between Divac and Petrovic's mother.

Man, what an insanely crazy day in US sports:- The opening ceremonies of the 1994 World Cup hosted in the US- Game 5 of the NBA Finals between Houston and New York- New York Rangers' Stanley Cup victory parade- Ken Griffey, Jr. tied Babe Ruth for most home runs before June 30th- Palmer played his last round at U.S. Open- And of course, OJ Simpson, who dwarfed them all, taking off down the L.A. freeway in a white bronco, chased by police—and caught by television cameras—the whole way

Man, what an insanely crazy day in US sports:- The opening ceremonies of the 1994 World Cup hosted in the US- Game 5 of the NBA Finals between Houston and New York- New York Rangers' Stanley Cup victory parade- Ken Griffey, Jr. tied Babe Ruth for most home runs before June 30th- Palmer played his last round at U.S. Open- And of course, OJ Simpson, who dwarfed them all, taking off down the L.A. freeway in a white bronco, chased by police—and caught by television cameras—the whole way

How is it possible all this happened on the same day? Yikes.

Cause one huge thing happened, one rare thing happened, then 4 other things that happened were deemed important.